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The Lycée Français de Varsovie is the only foreign school in Poland with a teaching tradition dating back to the interwar period, founded in 1919 by the French government to symbolize renewed Franco-Polish diplomatic ties. It opened in October 1919 under Abel Mansuy with about 70 pupils and soon welcomed Polish students as well as many Jewish students before the war. In 1932 the school became a state lycée, the board chaired by the French consul with the ambassador as president, and the program followed the French system with French as the mandatory language except for Polish language/history; in 1937 a statute created a mixed establishment under dual French- and Polish-inspection. World War II forced its closure in 1939 and many students joined the Warsaw Uprising; it reopened in 1954 as the petite école de l'ambassade. The LFV joined the AEFE network in 1990, adopted the name Lycée français René Goscinny de Varsovie in 1995, celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2019, and opened a Polish international section in 2020.
The LFV provides a citizenship-centered, secular education in an international setting that values talents, multilingualism, and cultural exchange. It is a member of the AEFE global network, linking 580 French schools in 139 countries to ensure continuity of study abroad. It offers more than 30 extracurricular activities in sports, arts, languages, and culture for kindergarten and elementary students. A Polish international section is offered for students with strong Polish, with courses in Polish language, literature and history.
LFV Lycée Français de Varsovie René Goscinny (LFV) is a French international school in Poland delivering the French national curriculum from kindergarten through high school for ages 2 to 18. Instruction is in French, with students studying Polish, English, German and Spanish as additional languages. The school serves about 700 students from 45 nationalities and maintains average class sizes of around 22, supporting close teacher-student interaction. LFV is a member of the AEFE network, linking it to hundreds of schools worldwide. A distinctive feature is the Polish international section opened in 2020, alongside a heritage dating back to 1919 and a 2019 centennial. The campus includes a gymnasium for indoor sports and a broad extracurricular offer: more than 40 activities across arts, sports, languages and culture, with an AES program and education for sustainable development projects in partnership with organizations. The curriculum emphasizes literary, linguistic, scientific, artistic and athletic development.
